Although most of us take a break from all the hustle and bustle of life over the Christmas holidays, not everyone is afforded the same luxury. If you happen to be a TV detective there’s always a murder or two getting in the way of your down time.
From Poirot to Father Dowling, Christmas is a busy time for dealing with criminal activity. However, for us viewers it’s a great time to watch a super-sleuth in action, cracking cases and solving sinister situations.
Fancy watching some of these daring detectives in action? Then keep on reading, as you’ll find a list of twelve Christmas-themed murder-mysteries below!
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12 Christmas mystery TV shows

Want twelve Christmas-themed episodes of hit mystery shows? Then check out this list below for all your TV needs.
- Hart to Hart – A Christmas Hart: Season Four, Episode Ten (1982)
- The Father Dowling Mysteries – The Christmas Mystery: Season Three, Episode Ten (1990)
- Murder, She Wrote – A Christmas Secret: Season Nine, Episode Nine (1992)
- Agatha Christie’s Poirot – Hercule Poirot’s Christmas: Season Six, Episode One (1995)
- Diagnosis: Murder – Murder: Santa Claude: Season Seven, Episode Eleven (1999)
- Midsomer Murders – Ghosts of Christmas Past: Season Seven, Episode Seven (2004)
- Monk – Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa: Season Four, Episode Nine (2005)
- Bones – Santa in the Slush: Season Three, Episode Nine (2007)
- Castle – Secret Santa: Season Five, Episode Nine (2012)
- Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries – Murder Under the Mistletoe: Season Two, Episode Thirteen (2013)
- Death in Paradise – Christmas in Paradise: Special (2021)
- Agatha Raisin – Kissing Christmas Goodbye: Season Four, Episode One (2021)
Seek out the above episodes through streaming services, disc, or television re-runs, and you’ll have all the Christmas fun from you could ever want!

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